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USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Information provided by respondents on NASS surveys will remain completely confidential, as
required by Federal law. NASS safeguards the confidentiality of all responses, ensuring that no individual producer or operation can be identified.
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Southern Plains Farm Labor Report
Issue No.: PR-122-15, May 21, 2015
Contact: Darius Lewis or Jason Hardegree
This report contains the results from the April 2015 Farm Labor Survey collected during the last two weeks of April. Respondents were asked the number of hired workers, hours worked and wages for the January and April 2015 reference weeks. Estimates for the Southern Plains region were made possible by data provided by respondents in Oklahoma and Texas. Our thanks to all who responded to the April 2015 Farm Labor Survey.
Southern Plains Highlights: There were 45,000 workers hired directly by farm operators on Southern Plains farms and ranches during the week of January 11-17, 2015, up 15 percent from the January 2014 reference week. Workers hired directly by farm operators totaled 53,000 for the week of April 12-18, 2015, up 8 percent from the April 2014 reference week.
Wage rates for hired workers in the Southern Plains during the January 2015 reference week averaged $11.54 per hour, up 3 percent from a year earlier. For the April 2015 reference week, farm operators paid their hired workers an average of $11.48, 8 percent above the April 2014 wage but down 1 percent from January 2015.
U.S. Highlights: There were 549,000 workers hired directly by farm operators on the Nation's farms and ranches during the week of January 11-17, 2015, up 2 percent from the January 2014 reference week. Workers hired directly by farm operators numbered 687,000 for the reference week of April 12-18, 2015, down slightly from the April 2014 reference week.
Farm operators paid their hired workers an average wage of $12.53 per hour during the January 2015 reference week, up 2 percent from a year earlier. Field workers received an average of $11.40 per hour, up 3 percent, while livestock workers earned $11.69 per hour compared with $11.36 a year earlier. The field and livestock worker combined wage rate, at $11.52 per hour, was up 3 percent from last year. The number of hours worked averaged 39.2 for hired workers during the reference week, up 1 percent from January 2014.
Farm operators paid their hired workers an average wage of $12.27 per hour during the April 2015 reference week, up 2 percent from a year earlier. Field workers received an average of $11.34 per hour, up 3 percent from a year earlier. Livestock workers earned $11.58, up 2 percent from last year. The field and livestock worker combined wage rate, at $11.42 per hour, was up 3 percent from a year earlier. The number of hours worked averaged 39.9 for hired workers during the reference week, down slightly from April 2014.
Link to the full U.S. report: http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1063
Southern Plains Regional Field Office · Post Office Box 70 · Austin, Texas 78767 · 800-626-3142 · www.nass.usda.gov
Cooperating with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry

USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Information provided by respondents on NASS surveys will remain completely confidential, as
required by Federal law. NASS safeguards the confidentiality of all responses, ensuring that no individual producer or operation can be identified.
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Southern Plains Farm Labor Report
Issue No.: PR-122-15, May 21, 2015
Contact: Darius Lewis or Jason Hardegree
This report contains the results from the April 2015 Farm Labor Survey collected during the last two weeks of April. Respondents were asked the number of hired workers, hours worked and wages for the January and April 2015 reference weeks. Estimates for the Southern Plains region were made possible by data provided by respondents in Oklahoma and Texas. Our thanks to all who responded to the April 2015 Farm Labor Survey.
Southern Plains Highlights: There were 45,000 workers hired directly by farm operators on Southern Plains farms and ranches during the week of January 11-17, 2015, up 15 percent from the January 2014 reference week. Workers hired directly by farm operators totaled 53,000 for the week of April 12-18, 2015, up 8 percent from the April 2014 reference week.
Wage rates for hired workers in the Southern Plains during the January 2015 reference week averaged $11.54 per hour, up 3 percent from a year earlier. For the April 2015 reference week, farm operators paid their hired workers an average of $11.48, 8 percent above the April 2014 wage but down 1 percent from January 2015.
U.S. Highlights: There were 549,000 workers hired directly by farm operators on the Nation's farms and ranches during the week of January 11-17, 2015, up 2 percent from the January 2014 reference week. Workers hired directly by farm operators numbered 687,000 for the reference week of April 12-18, 2015, down slightly from the April 2014 reference week.
Farm operators paid their hired workers an average wage of $12.53 per hour during the January 2015 reference week, up 2 percent from a year earlier. Field workers received an average of $11.40 per hour, up 3 percent, while livestock workers earned $11.69 per hour compared with $11.36 a year earlier. The field and livestock worker combined wage rate, at $11.52 per hour, was up 3 percent from last year. The number of hours worked averaged 39.2 for hired workers during the reference week, up 1 percent from January 2014.
Farm operators paid their hired workers an average wage of $12.27 per hour during the April 2015 reference week, up 2 percent from a year earlier. Field workers received an average of $11.34 per hour, up 3 percent from a year earlier. Livestock workers earned $11.58, up 2 percent from last year. The field and livestock worker combined wage rate, at $11.42 per hour, was up 3 percent from a year earlier. The number of hours worked averaged 39.9 for hired workers during the reference week, down slightly from April 2014.
Link to the full U.S. report: http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1063
Southern Plains Regional Field Office · Post Office Box 70 · Austin, Texas 78767 · 800-626-3142 · www.nass.usda.gov
Cooperating with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry